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Below is the summary of the off-season moves made by General Manager BIGGIEsmalls 23. This thread is open for comments. BIGGIEsmalls 23 feel free to make your case why you are GM of the Offseason.

TRADES FOR BRANDON MARSHALL

CUTS/RELEASES -
Frank OMG!, Barber , Israel Idonije, Tim Jennings, Brandon Meriweather, Zackary Bowman, Caleb Hanie and Roy William, Josh McCown

Resigned:
Corey Graham - CB
Kahlil Bell - RB
Kellen Davis –TE

FREE AGENTS
Mario Williams - DE
Charlie Whitehurst - QB
Erik Walden - LB/DE

Self proclaimed needs going into the draft:

DT, OT, S, CB, TE, WR, RB, LB

DRAFT:

Starters
David DeCastro (G) Grade: 92.5
Rueben Randle (WR) Grade: 86.0

Eventual Starters
Brandon Thompson (DT) Grade: 84.5
Jamell Fleming (CB) Grade: 83.5
Ronnell Lewis (LB) Grade: 83.5
George Iloka (S) Grade: 73.0
Cam Johnson (DE) Grade: 72.0

Prospects
Ladarius Green (TE) Grade: 67.5
Cyrus Gray (RB) Grade: 69.7

My team is now prepared to win the NFC North Division, the NFC Title Game, & the SuperBowl. We also have money remaining from the offseason.

My Starting Offense:

QB Jay Cutler
RB Matt Forte
FB Tyler Clutts
TE Kellen Davis
WR Brandon Marshall
WR Rueben Randle
LT Chris Williams
LG David DeCastro
C Roberto Garza
RG Lance Louis
RT Gabe Carimi

Key Reserves On Offense:

WR Earl Bennet
WR Devin Hester
RB Kahlil Bell
OT J'Marcus Webb
C/OG Chris Spencer
QB Charlie Whitehurst

My Starting Defense:

LE Mario Williams
RE Julius Peppers
DT Henry Melton
DT Brandon Thompson
OLB Lance Briggs
MLB Brian Urlacher
OLB Erik Walden
CB Charles "Peanut" Tillman
CB Jamell Fleming
FS Chris Conte
SS Major Wright

Key Reserves On Defense:

CB DJ Moore
DT Stephen Paea
DT Matt Toeaina
DE Cam Johnson
LB Ronnell Lewis
LB Nick Roach
S George Iloka

Special Teams:

KR/PR Devin Hester
PK Robbie Gould
P Adam Podlesh
ACE Corey Graham

Love this one the best...Mario was my priority but went in another direction because biggie claimed it first. Getting Randle and DeCastro in the draft instantly gives the offense credibility and Fleming can be a big time corner with the right corner. Ronnel Lewis is a tackling machine as well...damn good offseason IMO.

^^^^^^We could have shared Mario . Both myself & gobullschi chose him.

I followed Heir's first two draft picks with identical picks, so everyone was bound to have a few identical signings/picks.

Loaded DL, Walden is a great sleeper pick up potentially. Randel and DeCastro and two great picks, good overall draft. Peppers and Williams will do work

Best DE combo in the league, but that secondary still makes me nervous. Nice upgrades to almost every position of need.

Wow. definitely the ESPN free agency winner. Bringing in Marshall & Mario makes you the hype winner hands down. On the field (at least on paper) Mario & peppers is truly scary. It will have to be to take the pressure off your secondary. Starting rookie Fleming opposite Tillman before he's ready to go as a starter will make him an instant target for every QB we face.

That said, my guess is teams will be max protecting to keep their QB's safe. It reminds me of the 85-86' Bears. "LA" Mike Richardson was not a very good CB, but opposing QB's didn't have enough time to pick on him. Overall, I'd take a short term weakness at CB to generate the pressure that will come from that D-Line.

On offense you did a solid job filling a void at WR and definitely upgraded the O-Line "if" Williams proves to be a descent LT (but those arms are so short! lol)

Solid offseason. The press and the fans are definitely happy.

^^^^^^^Thank you so much for your analysis & approval (tears of joy).

I will try to find time this weekend to do the same for every poster's off-season.

EDIT: With my remaining $1.165 Million, I sign the following players to complete my off-season:

Jonathan Wilhite (CB)---$700,000
DaJohn Harris (DT)---$390,000

$700,000 + 390,000 = $1.09 Million

$1.165 Million - $1.09 Million = $75K